Art and Letters Love and Desires

Ellen Koment first met Jack Leissring in 1969 when he came to her studio in Valley Ford CA. and bought the first of many of her paintings. Since then they have been mutual inspirations and good friends. Jack was the collector (perhaps patron) that every artist dreams of Ellen was the artist that every lover of art hopes to find. In 1995 they were in a French Cafe in San Francisco where Jack suggested that men in general and specifically he didn't really understand how women thought. Ellen responded that while she couldn't speak for all women she would try to share her responses to art relationships and love any and all things that friends share. These letters by email were what came from the conversation.